Right before Peyton Fahrquhar was hung, he felt like time stopped right then. The world around him got silent and he stood there knowing something bad was going to happen. He's painfully waiting to be hung. The sound of his watch started to get louder and slower. It was painfully shrill. The soldier behind him stepped off the bridge and the board let loose. Peyton lost consciousness as he was falling downward and this is when we hear about his mental journey. This event and the feelings Peyton had remind me of when I got in a car crash two years ago. My grandpa was driving and we were headed up a ramp towards a light. I didn't realize this at the time but my grandpa passed out about 100 feet from it. In the two seconds before we slammed into the car in front of us, I knew what was going to happen yet I stayed still and didn't say anything at all. My heart skipped a beat and my anxiety kicked in. I looked over at my grandpa as he wasn't slowing down and realized
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"As Peyton Fahrquhar fell straight downward through the bridge he lost consciousness and was as one already dead." I believe this quote to be the most important in the story because it's stated right before the explanations of everything that Peyton sees. Everything seems so real to not only Peyton, but also the reader. The nature he sees creates a perfect image in our minds. The trees are lush and the water is crisp. He's hallucinating something that is almost like heaven. He's safe and where he wants to be. Right before he embraced his wife, reality hit and he felt a blow to his back. His mind went black. I wonder if the reason why he saw his wife but not his kids in his hallucination is because his wife is dead.